(a) 
In order to discharge the duties imposed by law, the Township has adopted the following procedures which shall be observed by all applicants, developers and their agents.
(b) 
The review process for the plans required by the Township shall include no more than 90 days following the date of the regular meeting of the Planning Commission next following the date the application is filed, provided that should said next regular meeting occur more than 30 days following the filing of the application, the said ninety-day period shall be measured from the 30th day following the day the application has been filed. The applicant may agree to waive the time requirement.
(c) 
The presentation of a sketch plan, a preliminary plan and final plan shall each be considered a separate submission, and the maximum ninety-day review period may be taken for each such plan required by the Township.
(d) 
The submission of revised sketch, preliminary or final plans shall constitute a new and separate submission. The review process for revised plans required by the Township shall include no more than 90 days following the date of the regular meeting of the Planning Commission next following the date the revised application is filed, provided that should said next regular meeting occur more than 30 days following the filing of the application, the said ninety-day period shall be measured from the 30th day following the day the revised application has been filed. The applicant may agree to waive the time requirement. A revised plan must be accompanied by a complete application form, all required information and appropriate fees. With a revised plan, the applicant must submit a written withdrawal of the previously submitted plan. For the purposes of this chapter, a revised plan shall mean:
(1) 
A plan which is submitted after a previous plan has been withdrawn.
(2) 
A plan which is submitted after a plan has been approved or rejected.
(3) 
A plan which is submitted demonstrating a new planning concept for the same land that was included in a prior plan.
(4) 
A plan with major revisions and a revised plan date.
(e) 
The separate stages of approval may require the submission of preliminary plans and final plans. These plans differ in their purpose and required level of detail. The table below indicates the required plan for the different types of submission.
Submission Stages
Submission Type
Sketch
Preliminary
Final
Minor subdivision
Recommended
Not required
Required
Major subdivision
Recommended
Required
Required
Land development
Recommended
Required
Required
(f) 
The owner of the parcel of land to be subdivided or developed shall submit a written statement granting the Board of Supervisors, its authorized agents and representatives, the Planning Commission, and the representatives of the county and Township departments and agencies having responsibility for review and/or approval under this chapter the right to enter the parcel of land for the purpose of inspection and enforcement of the requirements, terms and conditions imposed herein.
(g) 
All plans and applications shall be submitted to the Township at least seven days prior to a regularly scheduled meeting of the Planning Commission.
(h) 
The Township shall have sole responsibility to forward the plans to other reviewing agencies listed in Sections 1230.12, 1230.15, 1230.18 and 1230.23. Plans are not to be delivered to any reviewing agency by the owner, developer or his agent.
(i) 
Preliminary approval of the subdivision or land development plan must be obtained for the entire proposed development. Final approval may be obtained section by section, but such sections shall be specified on the preliminary plan and must be numbered in the proposed order that they are to be developed. Such order of development must be adhered to, and if changes are required, preliminary plans must be resubmitted for review and action by the Board of Supervisors. Approved plans, however, shall be subject to changes in the Township ordinances in accordance with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.
Any revision, replanning or resubdivision of land which includes changes to a recorded plan of subdivision or land development shall be considered a new subdivision or land development and shall comply with all procedures and regulations of this chapter.
When an applicant requests waiver by the Board of Supervisors of a requirement of this chapter, the applicant shall submit such request to the Planning Commission for review and comment. The applicant shall indicate the reason or purpose for the request. In the Planning Commission's report to the Board of Supervisors on the subdivision or land development plan, the Planning Commission shall provide a recommendation for approval or denial of each requested waiver and the rationale for each recommendation. Required information not provided by the applicant shall require a request for waiver under the provisions of this section.
(a) 
From the time an application for approval of a plan, whether preliminary or final, is duly filed as provided in the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, and while such application is pending approval or denial, no change or amendment of the zoning, subdivision or other governing ordinance or plan shall affect the decision on such application adversely to the applicant, and the applicant shall be entitled to a decision in accordance with the provisions of the governing ordinances or plans as they stood at the time the application was duly filed. In addition, when a preliminary application has been duly approved, the applicant shall be entitled to final approval in accordance with the terms of the approved preliminary application as hereinafter provided. However, if an application is properly and finally denied, any subsequent application shall be subject to the intervening change in governing regulations.
(b) 
When an application for approval of a plan, whether preliminary or final, has been approved without conditions or approved by the applicant's acceptance of conditions, no subsequent change or amendment in the zoning, subdivision or other governing ordinance or plan shall be applied to affect adversely the right of the applicant to commence and to complete any aspect of the approved development in accordance with the terms of such approval within five years from such approval. The five-year period shall be extended for the duration of any litigation, including appeals, which prevent the commencement or completion of the development, and for the duration of any sewer or utility moratorium or prohibition which was imposed subsequent to the filing of an application for preliminary approval of a plan. In the event of an appeal filed by any party from the approval or denial of a plan, the five-year period shall be extended by the total time from the date the appeal was filed until a final order in such matter has been entered and all appeals have been concluded and any period for filing appeals or requests for reconsideration have expired; provided, however, that no extension shall be based upon any water or sewer moratorium which was in effect as of the date of the filing of a preliminary application.
(c) 
Where final approval is preceded by preliminary approval, the aforesaid five-year period shall be counted from the date of the preliminary approval. In the case of any doubt as to the terms of a preliminary approval, the terms shall be construed in the light of the provisions of the governing ordinances or plans as they stood at the time when the application for such approval was duly filed.
(d) 
When the landowner has substantially completed the required improvements as depicted upon the final plan within the aforesaid five-year limit, or any extension thereof as may be granted by the governing body, no change of municipal ordinance or plan enacted subsequent to the date of filing of the preliminary plan shall modify or revoke any aspect of the approved final plan pertaining to zoning classification or density, lot, building, street or utility location.
(e) 
In the case of a preliminary plan calling for the installation of improvements beyond the five-year period, a schedule shall be filed by the landowner with the preliminary plan delineating all proposed sections as well as deadlines within which applications for final plan approval of each section are intended to be filed. Such schedule shall be updated annually by the applicant on or before the anniversary of the preliminary plan approval, until final plan approval of the final section has been granted, and any modification in the aforesaid schedule shall be subject to approval of the governing body in its discretion.
(f) 
Each section in any residential subdivision or land development, except for the last section, shall contain a minimum of 25% of the total number of dwelling units as depicted on the preliminary plan, unless a lesser percentage is approved by the Board of Supervisors in its discretion. Provided that the landowner has not defaulted with regard to or violated any of the conditions of the preliminary plan approval, including compliance with the landowner's aforesaid schedule of submission of final plans for the various sections, then the aforesaid protections afforded by substantially completing the improvements depicted upon the final plan within five years shall apply, and for any section or sections beyond the initial section, in which the required improvements have not been substantially completed within said five-year period, the aforesaid protections shall apply for an additional term or terms of three years from the date of final plan approval for each section.
(g) 
Failure of the landowner to adhere to the aforesaid schedule of submission of final plans for the various sections shall subject any such section to any and all changes in zoning, subdivision and other governing ordinance enacted by the municipality subsequent to the date of the initial preliminary plan submission.